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You are right and you are wrong. The RTC catalog says they are not All Access. However, several people have called and asked and were told that the 15 day pass IS all access. I am not sure if the 30 day is or not (except for locals with id).

30 day passes are marked as all access by the * on the website. No question there.

The website has never been accurate on 15 day passes. I don't know why. 15 day passes are all access. Stop by the BTC if you are unsure and ask. They will tell you that you do not need a local ID to use them on strip buses.

Thanks Dewey and Jimbo. I also have used them on the strip in the recent past.
But I always check for changes and since they were making changes for March the 2nd and I arrive on the 9th I wanted to make sure.

Always a good practice. However, leaving the * off the 15 day pass on the RTC site is not a change. They have been doing it since they initiated the 15 day pass. I think it must be an intentional error.

The price list for Strip & Downtown Express (SDX) and Deuce passes lists a 2 hour, 24 hour, 3 day and 30 day pass - no 15 day pass is listed. It seems to me that there is no reason to believe that the 15 day pass is an all access pass for everyone. There is plenty of reason to believe that many RTC employees are misinformed.

The price list for Strip & Downtown Express (SDX) and Deuce passes lists a 2 hour, 24 hour, 3 day and 30 day pass - no 15 day pass is listed. It seems to me that there is no reason to believe that the 15 day pass is an all access pass for everyone. There is plenty of reason to believe that many RTC employees are misinformed.

I am not giving some uninformed, off the cuff assurance. I've been working on this since 2012. I've had this confirmed on the RTC Facebook site, confirmed in person by knowledgeable folks at the BTC, tested by over a dozen Vegas regular tourist bus riders and they all knew that their answers would appear on my own blog on buses in Vegas, so they were very careful with answering me completely and accurately. So there is plenty of reason to believe I know what I am talking about.
I even enlisted other tourists to test it out with questions at the BTC. See this one as early as October 2012http://vegasonthebus.blogspot.com/2012/10/bus-passes-that-are-all-access.html

(You might recognize some posters from this thread, including the OP.)
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It IS as simple as leaving the * off the 15 day pass on listing of residential passes. That "*" is on the 30 day pass and so the fine print covers the all access nature of the 30 day residential pass perfectly clearly.
The 15 day or 30 day passes are not listed in the strip bus category at all, but in the residential bus category where there is a 30 day pass that has the "*" indicating that it is good on all buses. The 15 day pass should have a similar "*" to avoid confusion.
(Even the 24 hour residential pass is good on all strip buses for those who have a local ID. )
NO local ID is needed to use the 15 or 30 day passes.

I know this is frustrating and confusing, and RTC folks are occasionally uninformed, but they are not uninformed or inconsistent on this particular issue. Nor will any drivers or inspectors reject the 15 day all access pass from tourists, even if sold at a reduced senior rate, and even if used by tourists from other countries.
However, the buses are marketed in a way that encourages tourists to pay top dollar using strip passes to ride along the strip and to not expect any discount for seniors.
The 15 day and 30 day passes are marketed primarily to locals. So tourists won't see much on the website clearly, completely and easily explaining the cheapest way to ride the RTC because no one wants tourists to choose the cheapest way.
After all, someone has to pay the gas bill.